"It faces a lethal combination of challenges, from falling number of letters being sent to potentially one of the worst pension positions in UK corporate history, " the briefing said.
On the other hand, the Russian Federation and Commonwealth of Independent States have seen a sharp drop since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, due to the falling number of researchers and their ageing, while Russian universities struggle to attract new talent.
Beyond the falling output number, equities have struggled.
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The number of MPs may be falling, but the number of politicians is not.
However, it is worth noting that despite falling, any number over 50 is still positive.
And, with support for the Conservatives and Labour falling, the number of MPs elected by a minority of votes cast in their seat has risen.
While the quantity of letters sent is falling, the number of parcels being mailed is growing due to the rapid spread of online shopping and sites like eBay.
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Although lobbyists for small shops argue that their number is falling precipitously, the commission found a 70% increase in the number of convenience stores between 2000 and 2006, and more than half of the new ones were independents.
The minister said he had focused on that because the number of women in the UK claiming a pension based on their husband's record is falling steadily, while the number overseas is rising.
Shares of JPMorgan were choppy in pre-market trading, rallying initially on the number before falling back.
The average selling price for TVs has been falling even though the number of units sold are rising.
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In some parts of the world, like Latin America, the percentage is falling but the absolute number is rising.
Experts said only diarrhoea killed more children in Bangladesh, but that that number was falling with sustained efforts from the government and international aid agencies.
That number has been falling steadily as contraception became widely available and abortion was legalized.
That should hardly come as news given the number of investors falling all over themselves to back The Airbnb of office space!
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According to the survey, 29% of the small businesses reported a lack of sales as their main business concern, and a growing number are reporting falling sales.
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Worse, loans are decaying remarkably quickly: the number of borrowers falling behind on payments in the first few months has leapt, to around 4% of the total.
Basically, what happened was a collision between a falling sex ratio (the number of adult males per 100 adult females), economic stagnation, and a burgeoning progressive welfare state.
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The funding will be targeted at schools with the highest number of pupils falling behind - and there will school funding for 11 to 14 year olds which will be "earmarked" for personalised learning.
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The Scottish government said the number of cases has been falling over the last three years.
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He sees falling unemployment as a Fed-boosted number, yet one that will feed business and consumer confidence.
Next year, the number of uninsured should start falling substantially as key provisions of Obamacare kick in.
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The number of shoppers has been falling, while more shops are becoming empty.
For now, at any rate, the problem stems more from the growing number of fishermen than from falling numbers of fish.
With defined-benefit pension plans falling by the wayside, a growing number of buyers are turning to longevity policies to serve as pension substitutes.
Over the last 10 years the number of beds has been falling, leaving hospitals operating close to capacity for much of the time.
But the UK figures suggest 64, 000 people say they've been primarily discouraged into not searching for work - a number that's been falling recently.
Lenders and rating agencies are heartened by their models, which show that it would take a combination of higher interest rates and falling house prices to make a worrying number of mortgage loans go bad.
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The rate of distressed sales (of foreclosed properties or short-sales) is declining, which in turn means the number of cheaper homes being sold off, as a proportion of the total number of sales, is falling, giving a boost to average prices.
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"The number of downloads being bought on a weekly basis would need to start to stabilise and start falling, and we would need to start seeing a decline in the number of singles you need to sell to get into the Top 10 or 20, " he says.
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